... - -by Graham Don't forget the usual dozen stouts with the wine order Alf you know -by Graham ...

... EMM WOOD'S AVIARY: AO. I A bird of the vulture tribe is Emmwood's latest exhibit, acquired at great risk to life, limb and reputation The Common Lairybird or Spiv (Smartalic Inextremus) Adult Male General colour off-white bluish, sac like protuberances below eyes beak pinkish, inclined to be mottled or blotchy head feathers generally blue-black and greasy, impervious to water brightly-coloured ...

... AN R.A.F. STATION SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND: BY MEL Somewhere in England must always be just a manner of speaking, for, as is common knowledge, our Air Fighters may at any moment be here, there, or anywhere. The Boche has also some definite knowledge as to this. They have recently been putting the stencils on a place called Stavanger, and there are many more to come. The fact that the enemy has ...

... By Wing-Commander E. G. Oakley Beuttler E. G. Oakley Beuttler The tanker and the destroyer steam head into the wind at about eight to ten knots. After certain mutual operations have been performed with the necessary skill and precision, the hose is then passed by the tanker and is coupled into the oiling connection of the destroyer. The hose is a 10-in. armoured flexible piping. The sketch, ...

... A SPOT OF BOTHER WITH A 'PLANE- BY VINC-COMMANDER E. C. OAKLEY BEUTTLER What has happened is that the helmsman, or man at the wheel, as the land-lubber might say, has swung his helm hard over and the good ship, handy as a lady's maid, has heeled over to port, causing the bit of a roll we see. It is unlucky that it should have happened just as they were hoisting a Swordfish in board, and the ...

... ^2 Grand National Personalities as Seen by The Tout ...

... Classic Prospects by The Tout 99 From all accounts, Dantd has wintered well, and on his phenomenal two-year-old speed of last season Sir Eric Ohlson's colt is bound to take some beating in the Guineas, whatever* his fate may be over the longer Derby distance. His trainer, Matt Peacock, has announced that Dant6 is likely to have his first outing of the season at Stockton on Saturday, April 7th. ...

... Fish, Flesh and Foul By Wing-Commander E. G. Oakley Beuttler In most of our coastal harbours R.A.F. High-Speed Air-Rescue launches stand by to rescue ditched air-crews. The launch at instant readiness and wireless call should be under way within a matter of seconds. But if things go wrong this picture tells the story. The port after hawser has fouled the mooring bollard on the quay, the ...

... And Then the Gun Jams By Wing-Commander E. G. Oakley-Beuttler It 's happened more than once one of our submarines steals into an Italian harbour, surfaces, finds herself presented with a sitting target and then the gun jams. Here is our artist's version of the incident, portrayed with much local colour and nautical detail. The conning-tower and gun arc just clear of the water the gun's crew, ...

... BRIGGS by Graham by Graham ...

... Big Golf Dates by Mel ...

... - by Mallet 44 Incomprehensible my foot, Sylvanus Often and often I've felt JUST like that on present-day rations Mallet ...